Nonprofit · EIN 91-6054975
THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM
Tax-exempt · SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $2,565,797 | $2,238,419 | $327,378 | $13,686,879 | $2,997,666 | $10,689,213 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,565,670 | $2,260,117 | $305,553 | $13,224,908 | $3,157,721 | $10,067,187 |
| December 31, 2021 | 990 | $2,211,324 | $1,492,972 | $718,352 | $12,485,056 | $3,465,712 | $9,019,344 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $852,736
- of which government grants
- $251,982
- Membership dues
- $16,800
- Program service revenue
- $1,541,892
- Investment income
- $82,803
- Royalties
- $40,385
- Net income from sales of inventory
- $26,325
- Other revenue
- $88,366
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $129,660
- Other salaries and wages
- $607,463
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $855,910
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $5,110
- Accounting fees
- $32,523
- Occupancy
- $63,596
- Travel
- $4,565
- Depreciation
- $365,471
- Program services (functional)
- $1,824,627
- Management and general (functional)
- $217,611
- Fundraising (functional)
- $196,181
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $13,224,908
- Total assets, end of year
- $13,686,879
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,997,666
- Net assets, end of year
- $10,689,213
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $10,562,889
- Publicly traded securities
- $2,720,926
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $8,971,104
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,718,109
- Gross receipts
- $2,814,774
- Employees
- 23
- Volunteers
- 188
- Year formed
- 1957
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $141,136 | $11,456 |
| JOHN MESS | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 | $0 |
| THOM WUNDER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JON BEVERIDGE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID OLIX | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE ATER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS SNOOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM METZLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| COLE VAN GERPEN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LARRY COSTICH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $133,684 | $8,740 |
| STEVE ATER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 | $0 |
| THOM WUNDER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JON BEVERIDGE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID OLIX | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS SNOOK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM METZLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN MESS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| COLE VANGERPEN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAWRENCE COSTICH | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2021: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD ANDERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $110,168 | $2,273 |
| STEVE ATER | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 15 | $0 | $0 |
| THOM WUNDER | VICE PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| JON BEVERIDGE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID OLIX | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENNIS SNOOK | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN HANKINS | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| SAM METZLER | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL DAWSON | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK HAHN | TRUSTEE Trustee or director | 5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 459, SNOQUALMIE, WA 98065-0459
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RICHARD R ANDERSON, PO BOX 459, SNOQUALMIE, WA 980650459
- Signed the 990
- RICHARD R ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (425) 888-3030
- Website
- TRAINMUSEUM.ORG
- Return prepared by
- CLARK NUBER PS
Mission
THE MISSION OF THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM IS TO DEVELOP AND OPERATE AN OUTSTANDING RAILWAY MUSEUM THAT PROVIDES THE PUBLIC A PLACE TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF A WORKING RAILROAD AND TO SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAILROADS IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF WASHINGTON STATE AND ENVRONS.
Program accomplishments
- INTERPRETIVE RAILWAY - THE MUSEUM OFFERS EXPERIENTIAL LIVING HISTORY PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW VISITORS TO TRAVEL BY TRAIN ON A 19TH CENTURY RAILWAY BETWEEN TWO COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN WASHINGTON. THESE PROGRAMS INTERPRET THE IMPACT RAILWAY HAD ON THE REGION AND ALLOW VISITORS TO EXPERIENCE THE EXCITEMENT OF A WORKING RAILWAY IN AN ERA BEFORE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. INTERPRETIVE RAILWAY PROGRAMS INCLUDING SCHOOL TRAIN, REGULAR TRAINS, STEAM TRAINS, AND THEMED EVENTS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN REACHED A COMBINED TOTAL OF MORE THAN 61,000 VISITORSExpenses $549,352 · revenue $1,557,202
- COLLECTION CARE - THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION WORKSHOP IS A FACILITY USED TO PERFORM COLLECTION CARE ON LARGE ARTIFACTS INCLUDING LOCOMOTIVES, COACHES, AND FREIGHT CARS. IT INCORPORATES 8,200 SQ. FT., FEATURES TWO TRACKS, AND A DIVERSITY OF SPECIALTY TOOLS INCLUDING PLANERS, LATHES, MILLING MACHINES, SAWS, TENONERS, DRILLS, AND JACKS. THE PRINCIPLE PROJECTS IN 2024 WERE CONTINUING REHABILITATION OF AN 84-YEAR-OLD ALCO DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE, RESTORATION OF A 1901 PULLMAN-BUILT PARLOR CAR, AND IMPROVEMENTS TO STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 924.Expenses $514,098
- TRAIN SHED EXHIBIT HALL - THE SEMI-CONDITIONED SPACE INCORPORATES MORE THAN 24,000 SQ. FT. AND OFFERS A STABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE MUSEUM'S MOST VULNERABLE AND REPRESENTATIVE ARTIFACTS INCLUDING CHAPEL CAR 5 MESSENGER OF PEACE, WHITE RIVER LUMBER CABOOSE 001, NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY STEAM LOCOMOTIVE 924, WEYERHAEUSER TIMBER LOCOMOTIVE 1, AND GREAT NORTHERN CABOOSE X-101. THE TRAIN SHED WAS OPEN ALL YEAR WITH SEASONALLY-ADJUSTED HOURS. IN 2024 SEVERAL NEW EXHIBITS WERE INSTALLED INCLUDING THE ASA WHITNEY TRANSCONTINENTAL EXHIBIT AND THE DAN COOKRAILWAY ART EXHIBIT.Expenses $157,596 · revenue $11,015
- OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES OFFERED BY THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM INCLUDE OPERATION OF THE SNOQUALMIE DEPOT, AN 1890-BUILT TRAIN STATION LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AN INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE PROGRAM ALONG THE CENTENNIAL TRAIL IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN SNOQUALMIE RAILROAD HISTORY OUTREACH INTO K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS OPERATION OF AN ANNUAL RAIL THEMED TOWN FESTIVAL CALLED SNOQUALMIE DAYS AND OPERATION OF WEB SITES INCLUDING TRAINMUSEUM.ORG, MESSENGEROFPEACE.ORG, WELLINGTONREMEMBERED.ORG, AND SNOQUALMIEDAYS.COM. THE MUSEUM ALSO OFFERED RAILROAD HISTORY BOOKS, REPRODUCTIONS, AND OTHER NORTHWEST RAIL-HISTORY RELATED MATERIALS THROUGH ITS DEPOT BOOKSTORE.Expenses $603,581
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 91-6054975
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1961
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A82Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $13,686,879
- Income (IRS master file)
- $2,814,774
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $2,565,797 | $2,238,419 | $13,686,879 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,565,670 | $2,260,117 | $13,224,908 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,413,492 | $1,706,817 | $12,868,129 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | $2,211,324 | $1,492,972 | $12,485,056 | XML |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 91-6054975).
Questions about THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM
- What is the EIN of THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM is 91-6054975.
- Is THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1961.
- Are donations to THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names RICHARD R ANDERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 10 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $141,136 (RICHARD ANDERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does THE NORTHWEST RAILWAY MUSEUM have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $2,565,797, expenses of $2,238,419 and total assets of $13,686,879 at year end.
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